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Subject: 
Re: The Official "Issues List"
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lugnet.ambassadors
Date: 
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:17:32 GMT
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Ted Michon wrote:
   Unbelievable! Truly unbelievable!

What about saving 9 volt trains? Why isn’t that the number 1 issue? Why isn’t it on the list AT ALL?

Over the past two years many of us have been lobbying this point with every LEGO employee we meet, from shelf stocker to Kel himself, yet it’s not even on the Ambassador concern list.

For SCLTC, my family, and myself, it’s absolutely vital that TLC continue to supply 9V train electrical components so that we can continue to do shows that attract (just for us alone) up to 250,000 visitors per year. The day that the motor supplies dry up, our members stop volunteering the use of theirs. And we aren’t the only LTC that has said that no motors = no shows = no club.

Help! Help! Help!


Help is here!

The ‘Save 9v Trains’ campaign has been around for quite some time. This issue will be brought to the Ambassadors’ forums now, as an item to add to the list. We are very glad that you have brought this up again here. Thanks, Ted!

Have you discussed this with any LEGO Ambassador recently, as part of your lobbying effort?



Nelson Yrizarry
LEGO Ambassador



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(...) The death of 9V trains would be a thousand times more devastating to the single most visible contingent of LEGO fans than the grey color change. Train clubs are the real ambassadors of LEGO. Throughout the world at model railroad hobby shows, (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)  

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(...) Unbelievable! Truly unbelievable! What about saving 9 volt trains? Why isn't that the number 1 issue? Why isn't it on the list AT ALL? Over the past two years many of us have been lobbying this point with every LEGO employee we meet, from (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)

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